Stair-carpet fastener.



No. 828,673. PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906 L. A. LOUDEN. STAIR CARPET FASTBNER.

APPLICATION FILED HAB.14,1906.

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LELAND A. LOUDEN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

STAlR-CARPET FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14, 1906.

Application filed March 14, 1906. Serial No. 306,021.

. Stair-Carpet Fasteners, of which the follow ing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in carpet-fasteners; and the invention relates more particularly to a fastener adapted to be used upon stairways for securing the carpet upon the tread and risers of a stair.

The invention has for its primary object to provide a simple, durable, and comparatively inexpensive fastener for carpets which can be easily and quickly placed in position to retain a carpet upon a stairway.

Briefly described, my improved fastener is constructed of metal, preferably sheet metal,

which is stamped and bent to form a substantially rectangular skeleton plate having outwardly-extending lugs, by which the fastener is secured to thetread and riser of a step.

The fastener is bent to form two right-angular portions, whereby it may be placed upon the tread of a step to engage the riser thereof and firmly hold a piece of carpet in the angle formed by the riser and tread of said step. p

The above construction will be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically claimed, and, referring to the drawings accompanying this application, like numerals of reference designate correspondin parts throughout the several views, in WhicIi" Figure 1 is a perspective view of a plurality of steps, illustrating my improved fastener as retaining a carpet upon said steps. Fig. 2 is a detached perspective view of one of my improved fasteners. Fig. 3 is a similar view.

Fig. 4 is a detailed sectional view of the same.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings, I have illustrated a plurality of steps 1, 2, and 3, each step consisting of a tread 4 and a riser 5. Upon the steps I have illustrated a strip of carpet or fabric 6, which is secured upon said steps by my improved fasteners.

In connection with each step I use two fasteners 7 7, and thedetail construction of each fastener is illustrated in Figs. 2 to 4, inelusive.

In making myimproved fasteners I preferably use sheet metal, steel, and stamp and shear the same to form a substantial skeleton frame 8, having outwardly-extending lugs 9 9 and 10 10. he frame 8 is then bent upon an imaginary line intersecting the lugs 10 10 to form two right-angular portions 1 1 11.

In the operation of stamping and shearing the frames 8 the lugs 9 9 and 10 10 are provided with apertures or openings 12 and 14.

In placing the fasteners 7 7 in engagement with step said fasteners are placed upon the carpet or fabric 6 to hold said carpet or fabric in engagement with the tread 4 and the riser 5 of each step. A screw or the like fastening means 15 is adapted to pass through the aperture or opening 12 to retain the vertical portion 11 of a fastener in engagement with the riser 5 of a step, while screws or similar fastening means are adapted to pass through the apertures or openings 14 to retain the horizontal portion 11 in engagement with the tread of the step. In this manner the carpet or fabric 6 will be firmly retained 'upon a stairway and prevented from slipping or becoming wrinkled or displaced relative to the steps of said stairway. I

The fasteners may be forged or cast from metal and may be provided with any desired finish to correspond with the stairway and carpet in connection with which they are use I do not care to confine myself to the specific contour or configuration of the fasteners, and such changes as are permissible by the appended claim may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. 1

Having fully described my invention, wha I claim, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

A carpet-fastener, formed of a single piece of metal and consisting of two right-angular skeleton portions, said portions having open-- ings formed therein, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LELAND A. LOUDEN.

Witnesses:

E. E. POTTER, M. E. WHITE 

